Growing Your Instagram Account

Tools & Services To Grow Your Instagram Account

Instagram is a powerful marketing tool that is not only the second largest social media platform on the web but also one of the biggest in terms of user engagement. A photo can tell a thousand words and if you consistently post great quality images that promote a certain lifestyle or dream, then you can gain a massive and highly engaged following that will be highly eager to buy from you!

But if you want to grow your channel even faster, then there are a few other tools you can use to give you an edge. Let’s take a look at some of the best additional software, services and more that will help your account to grow that much faster!

Pixlr

Pixlr is another photo editing program that uses basic filters like Instagram. Unlike Instagram there is no social element but it does actually give you access to a much wider roster of editing options.

For instance, Pixlr has the option to create image collages. This is ideal if you want to show a progression, that way telling a story, or if you want to show multiple photos of the same event.

The filters can also provide some interesting options, as can the ability to write over the top of pictures. The tool is quick to use and lets you share pictures directly to Instagram – definitely an important addition to your suit of options.

Photoshop/GiMP

For photos that you take on more professional equipment though, there’s no reason that you can’t get even more creative still with your editing. Transfer your photos over to the computer and then you can use the powerful editing software Photoshop in order airbrush people, increase brightness and saturation and much more. If you don’t have the money to invest in Photoshop though, you can always use GiMP instead which has most of the same features and is completely free!

Snapchat

Snapchat is another image-centric social tool but one that lets you upload ‘self-destructing’ photos for your audience to view only during a limited timeframe. This gives your photos a much more ‘immediate’ feeling and means that your viewers will feel as though they are much more engaged with the content that you create.

What’s very interesting though is that Instagram now offers a very similar tool in the form of ‘Instagram Stories’. These are similar ‘self-destructing’ photos that form a timeline for your viewers to enjoy for 24 hours.

So why not combine your efforts on both platforms? Just download the photos that you add to Snapchat and then share them on both platforms!

IFTTT

When it comes to synergy across social media channels though, there are few tools more powerful than IFTTT. IFTTT stands for ‘If This, Then That’ and lets you do things such as posting your photos as native images to Twitter (rather than having them show as just a link) or creating backups of all of your Instagram photos in a DropBox folder. This can save you a huge amount of time and ensure that all your accounts are active and promoting one another!

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